House approves bill to avert government
shutdown and suspend debt limit
but shoots down Republican attempt
to add $1 billion in funding for
Israel's Iron Dome
Daily Mail (UK) & Associated Press,
by
Emily Goodin
&
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
9/21/2021 10:36:03 PM
House Democrats approved a bill on Tuesday to avert a government shut down and increase the debt limit but shot down a Republican attempt to add back $1 billion in funding to Israel's Iron Dome program.The House passed the measure, 220 to 211 along party lines, to fund the government through December 3rd. The bill also increased the debt limit until December 2022 in order to stop the government from defaulting on its debt. Additionally, there is $28.6 billion in disaster funding to help the South after Hurricane Ida and the North East from severe storms and $6.3 billion to help Afghan refugees relocating to the United States.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Omen55 9/21/2021 10:58:15 PM (No. 922372)
Count on dem to hurt our real ally in the Mideast.
42 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Citoyen 9/21/2021 10:58:23 PM (No. 922373)
The Republicans continue to disappoint. They say they oppose raising the debt ceiling then propose sending a billion dollars to a foreign country. Of course a billion dollars is chump change to our rulers but a billion here a billion there…. Israel is a rich country. It can pay for its own defense.
20 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
PChristopher 9/22/2021 12:04:32 AM (No. 922418)
Pity....I wouldn't have minded a good government shutdown.
49 people like this.
So? A CR still has to pass the Senate. Let's see if China Mitch sticks to his guns here (he won't).
They can't reconcile a continuing resolution, so it takes 60 votes. They will, of course, get Pierre, Collins and Murkowski, but that should it.
19 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 9/22/2021 1:20:28 AM (No. 922452)
Will the Senate shut down the government? I certainly hope so. About three and a half years would be good.
48 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
watashiyo 9/22/2021 4:54:42 AM (No. 922490)
Blame some on Jewish Democrats stuck on STUPID.
27 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
The Remnants 9/22/2021 5:57:45 AM (No. 922521)
The prime motive for practically all of this administration's decisions is spite.
23 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
MOBeef4u 9/22/2021 7:53:36 AM (No. 922589)
Refusing to add back support to Israel (it is a valued ally in a dangerous part of the world after all) for purely economic reasons is understandable but doing it on behalf of a tiny squad of muslim-loving anti-Semites is truly despicable. But it's not surprising considering whom we are dealing with here.
28 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 9/22/2021 9:03:07 AM (No. 922663)
6.3 billion to relocate Muslims when there are homeless veterans sleeping in the streets. This big bloated government is shameless. I vote to shut down the government to keep them from spending anymore money we don't have.
21 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Zigrid 9/22/2021 9:13:55 AM (No. 922677)
Israel is very smart...I'm sure they took precautions when biden/obama took office...com'on biden/obama give US your best shot...WE're tough enough to withstand any marxists' dictates...if the Dems hope to discourage Americans... it's not working...WE're fighting back...the mask mandate isn't convincing anyone that WE're in jeopardy...and the booster the big Pharma companies were planning on...is losing support...WE seniors aren't buying it....and now...the science crowd has to admit...the booster has not been tested...and therefore not safe...
2 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Jebediah 9/22/2021 9:15:09 AM (No. 922678)
My husband is an intelligent Jew and neither he nor I (a Catholic) can understand how any Jew in his right mind can vote Democratic!
21 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
stablemoney 9/22/2021 9:42:57 AM (No. 922719)
The new leftist language is to suspend any laws they don't like. Breaking the law is no longer in vogue, and no longer used. Last century, countries were ruled by colonialism with us going there to rule over and exploit, as described by leftists. Thank goodness, we have more virtuous Democrats running our country, who bring the colonial population here to rule over and exploit. It is not capitalism that don't work, it is the government snots that ruinous. We have a very serious personnel problem in our government, a government oversized by 75%. We don't need to raise the debt limit, we need to reduce the size of government.
5 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 9/22/2021 9:44:37 AM (No. 922721)
There was a story yesterday that the Squad was behind getting money for Israel removed from the spending. If we are going to cut spending to Israel, we should cut all spending to Muslim countries too. Won't happen. Have to send aid to the Taliban don'tcha know.
Was wondering how Congress was going to handle the debt limit. They are just going to ignore it! How irresponsible and unoriginal.
They should all be fired.
6 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Zumkopf 9/22/2021 10:21:56 AM (No. 922776)
Assuming that all the Republicans voted for the Iron Dome funding, that means that not even five Democrats would support protecting Israel. Not even five.
5 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
MDConservative 9/22/2021 11:27:22 AM (No. 922845)
Is that the Budget Waltz I hear playing in the background...?
1 person likes this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
kono 9/22/2021 12:01:51 PM (No. 922893)
But the Dems had billions to spend on overseas LGBTQWERTYUIOP activism, right?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
planetgeo 9/22/2021 12:44:40 PM (No. 922958)
"Raising the debt limit" = getting a new Black Diamond credit card in the mail to be able to pay the monthly payments on your Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Blue credit cards, etc.
How does that work out in real life?
0 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
RussZilla 9/22/2021 2:04:30 PM (No. 923068)
I'm fine with putting Israel to the back of the line.
0 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
Kafka2 9/23/2021 11:15:24 PM (No. 924536)
Since the Democrats control both houses of Congress, it is impossible for them to cause a government shutdown. There are some Democrats who refuse to vote for this monument pork spending bill. Even they see it as bad for the country. Yet the Democrat leadership will not give an inch to Republicans, rejecting all amendments they propose. If the spending bill fails to pass, causing a government shutdown, the Democrats are totally to blame.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Kafka2 9/23/2021 11:22:34 PM (No. 924538)
Correction:
Since the Democrats control both houses of Congress, it is impossible for Republicans to cause a government shutdown. There are some Democrats who refuse to vote for this monument pork spending bill. Even they see it as bad for the country. Yet the Democrat leadership will not give an inch to Republicans, rejecting all amendments they propose. If the spending bill fails to pass, causing a government shutdown, the Democrats are totally to blame.
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